Iban religion: Where Are Omens Believed To Come From? Know the Main Sources of Iban Augury

In Iban augury, believers rely on various ways to receive indicative omens when making decisions or taking action. Omens can be deliberately sought or found accidentally. The deliberate ways of divination include the augury hut, dream, pig liver (batenong) and nampok (reclusion).

According to Clifford Sather in his paper Iban Agriculture Augury (1985), the Iban people view augury as a form of spiritual communication.

Animals like birds are what the Iban describe as earthly manifestations of gods and spiritual warriors.

"In entering the physical world, they take the outward form of a natural species, always appearing to mankind in the same form every time they present themselves. So, each species has a special relationship with the spiritual world, and it is largely in relation to this relationship that individual signs are interpreted and function, from the Iban point of view, as a medium of communication," said Sather.

But Where Does This Sign Come From? Here is What Sather Shows As The Main Sources Of Iban Augury: Singalang Burung, Sempulang Gana, Orang Panggau, Selampandai, Raja Anda Mara, Ancestors and Spirits.

1. Singalang Burung

The first and most important is Singalang Burong. In the world of Iban mythology, he is the most powerful Iban god, the god of war and male prowess.

He used seven omen birds to warn and guide his people.

The seven omen birds are rufous piculet (ketupung), banded kingfisher (embaus), red rumped trogon (beragai), diard trogon (papau, kalabu or senabong), crested jay (bejampong), maroon woodpecker (pangkas) and white-rumped shama (nendak).

These seven birds are important signs in Iban augury.

Each of the seven bird signs has its own meaning. For example, the appearance of a beragai when clearing land during farming is considered profitable.

2. Panggau people

Other main sources of Iban augury are reptiles associated with spiritual warriors or Orang Panggau.

Sather stated, "The world of Panggau people represents the ideal image of the traditional Iban community itself; its inhabitants are conceptualized as living in the land of the river (menoa Panggau), present in this world but not seen by humans except in dreams. "

In addition, they often act through dream revelations.

Panggau people are often associated with knowledge of beneficial plants and traditional skills. Through dreams, they come to help artisans and warriors giving useful advice.

Meanwhile as a sign, they appear as snakes to be the guardians of the Iban community.

Sather recorded four signs of snakes sent by Orang Panggau. These are cobras (tedong), pythons (sawa), coral snakes (kendawang) and king cobras (tedong raja).

The presence of this augury snake means danger to humans, therefore it is recommended to go home and take a leave.

Overall, the appearance of a snake sign is generally unfavorable. This warns in advance about the death of the family, serious illness and a sign to choose the new farm.

3. Raja Sempulang Gana

Like Singalang Burong, Sempulang Gana is the main deity in Iban mythology. He is the god of agriculture and guardian of the earth.

He leads rice farming in addition to sending signs of agriculture.

Sather stated, “Earth is the personal domain of Sempulang Gana. Because of that, he has a special relationship with the rice fields and related to him are a number of animals and insects that are specifically related to the earth."

The main messengers are lizards (tuchok), belangkiang, caterpillars (ulat bulu), tarsiers (ingkat), larks (bengkang), monitor lizards (menarat or bayak), mouse deers (pelandok), porcupines (landak), barking deers (kijang), bears (jugam), wild boars (jani) and sambar deers (rusa sambar).

For example, finding lizards, tarsiers, or monitor lizards in general while clearing a new agricultural location is considered profitable.

Interestingly, Sather points out, “A lizard has to be dissected, and it's usually only profitable if there are eggs in its stomach. The number of eggs is said to be equal to the number of paddy bins expected to be filled by farmers at harvest time."

4. Raja Selampandai

Raja Selampandai who was called Raja Selampeta or Raja Selampetoh, (old blacksmith of Bunsu Raja Petara) who forged and shaped the human body upon his anvil.

11. If you hear the tinkling voice of Selampandai, the Divine Blacksmith, who appears in the form of a centipede, at noon in your padi field, it is a taboo which endangers your life. You should call upon the manang to neutralize it for you.

12. If you hear the voice of Selampandai below or in your house at night, it is a joyful omen which predicts the birth in of a child to your family.

13. After a woman has conceived, if she or the other members of her family have not yet heard the voice of Selampandai, a manang should be asked to perform his pelian bekumbai Selampandai to call upon Selampandai to look after her health.

51. If you see a centipede, kemebai, a millipede, sempada, or a kobali, a kind of green lizard, enter your longhouse you should make an offering as soon as possible, so that this omen will not endanger your health.

65. If lightning strikes fruit trees in front of the open drying platform (ujong tanju) of the longhouse, it indicates that a lot of healthy children will be born in that settlement from that time onwards, as long as it is occupied.



5. Raja Anda Mara

The appearance of fungi (kulat) on an heirloom jar (tajau) is a grave ill-omen. It forewarns the death of the jar owner and extinction of the line heirs entitled to its inheritance. It must be neutralized as soon as possible with offerings and by smearing the jar and its owner with the blood of a sacrificial pig. The owner may also seek to sell the jar in order to avoid the consequence of this omen.

6. Ancestors

9. If you hear the tinkling voice of the mengalai, a kind of tiny centipede, during the day time, it foretells your longevity. It is nol considered as an omen if you hear it at night as it naturally makes a tinkling voice at night time. When its call is heard at night, however, it tells you that one of your dead relatives is asking you for food. In order to respond to its request, you should throw a small amount of rice towards the sound. In Iban belief, mengalai is a slave of the goddess Indai Billai who dwells in the realm of the dead.

10. If you hear the voice of a cicada, ngingit, at noon in your padi field, it is a taboo which may endanger your life. In order to save yourself you should ask the manang to neutralize it with his penabar burong charm as soon as possible. If you hear it late in the evening you may ignore it, as it usually shrieks for several hours just before sunset.

If the grave of an ancestor is covered by an anthill, this is a good sign that indicates that the deceased intends to safeguard the future well-being of his descendants and will confer favors on those who are especially capable. However, if the earth over the grave of an ancestor, parent, child, or other close family member sinks (lengkap), this is a bad omen that indicates future ill-luck, poverty, and lack of success. Those who see it should immediately fill the sinking ground with earth.

49. If you hear the call of an owl (Menaul pok) in the morning, it is a good omen which predicts that someone will come to wait for your return from work to purchase padi from you. If you hear its call in the afternoon it is a bad omen which predicts that you will be saddened by the death of a mem¬ber of your family, those appearance will resemble a napping owl.

60. If you find an owl (burung pok) perched at the upper part of the family room (bilek atas) it is a taboo. For a woman, it foretells sadness due to the death of her husband and her approaching widowhood. If it perches at your section of the ruai, is also a taboo. It predicts sadness due to the death of your husband or wife.

62. If your house is visited by a great number of meat flies (langau) it indicates that you and your family will be disliked by other people, including your own close relatives.

64. If the anthill grows high on the ground beneath the family room (bilek) in the longhouse, it predicts that the heirs of the family will be childless as long as the anthill lasts.

7. Spirits

52. If you find drops of blood of an unknown man, animal, bird or spirit in your house, you must instantly make offerings for it. Otherwise you must desert the house to stay elsewhere in order to avoid danger to your life.

53. If anyone in the longhouse hears the frightening voice of an evil spirit called Sabut Temaga in any part of the building, he must tell the elders, so that the inhabitants may desert the settlement and live elsewhere until the manang or dukun has neutralized the building with water of his penabar burong stone charms.

54. If anyone in the longhouse notices that a frog, raong, is sitting on a chicken roost underneath the floor of the house, it is taboo, as the raong frog skin is thought to contain derris poison which may fatally poison the inhabitants of the settlement. A manang should be called to neutralize this omen.

55. If a mother finds a frog (raong) sitting on the seat where she customarily sits while cooking in the kitchen and the frog itself faces the kitchen, if she has a bachelor son, it indicates that he will soon marry a wife who will cook there, but if raong is seen in the middle of the family room, it is a bad omen which may endanger the life of one of the family. A manang should be called to neutralize it as soon as possible.


Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/723337659098834/permalink/751428856289714/?mibextid=Nif5oz

https://gnmawar.wordpress.com/adat-iban/part-2-iban-augury/

KABUAH MANUA KAMI DI SEBUT TANU.

KABUAH MANUA KAMI DI SEBUT TANU.

Sebedau Aki Inik Kami Datai Ba Manua Tanu Tu Kalia,Dia Manua Tu Nadai Nama. Taja Pia Manua Nya Kalia Sigi Udah Bisi Di Wan Bansa Beketan Ka Dulu Diau Ba Manua Nya.Bansa Beketan Ka Diau Di Manua Nya Kalia Enda Berumah Panjai Tang Belangkau Nyembuah Kediri.
Bansa Beketan Ka Diau Ba Manua Tanu Tu Kalia Sigi Kaban Tuai Beketan Ka Benama Entinggi Ka Nguan Bukit Saban Di Manua Paku Saribas.

Kenu Ko Cerita Niang Aki Aku, Siku Ari Bansa Beketan Ka Diau Ba Manua Tu Kalia Benama Tanu. Nyadi Tanu Tu Siku Ari Manang Bansa Beketan.Manang Tanu Tu Kalia Belangkau Kediri Ba Tebing Atas Lubuk Tanu Ba Siti Alai Ka Di Sebut Nanga Tandang Ka Besemak Enggau Pendam Kami Tanu Ka Diatu. Kira Ba Alai Rumah Pesaran Pendam Ka Diatu.Cerita Tu Di Tusoi Aki Aku Niang Lemambang Tedong Anak Eran Ngagai Aku.Ba Dia Mega Alai Nungkun Ka Api Lebuh Pengawa Rabat.Bala Beketan Bukai Pan Sama Belangkau Sebelah Manua Nya Dia Kalia.

Nyau Kelama Ka Nguan Manua Nya, Dia Sida Pindah Nampil Beketan Ba Manua Paku. Sida Ka Pindah Tu Ketegal Aki Inik Kami Tanu Maia Nya Udah Datai Ba Manua Tu Sepengudah Tindin Enggau Entinggi Ka Udah Barisan Ketegal Anak Saduai Ka Udah Jadi Melaki Bini. Anak Entinggi Benama Demong,Lalu Anak Tindin Benama Rinda. Entinggi Ka Bejuluk Kit Aur Tulang Tu Anak Entigu Enggau Bini Iya Undu.Entigu Tu Tuai Beketan Ka Dulu Mungkal Ulu Paku Remawang.

Tindin Tu Kalia Tuai Iban Ari Skrang Anak Tuai Iban Ka Benama Chaong Bajuluk Didit Tutong Penguang Enggau Bini Iya Lampai Tauka Lantong.
Tindin Bajuluk Pimpin Beragai Ngindang.Bini Tindin Benama Tida Bajuluk Seriam Bunga Gumbang Lelangan Apong Pasang.Tida Anak Tuai Iban Di Nanga Senama Btg Skrang Ka Benama Guang Enggau Bini Iya Sendie.Sendie Anak Tuai Iban Ari Sebangan Sebuyau Ka Benama Dandan Enggau Bini Iya Ka Benama Saran.

Lebuh Tindin Saduai Entinggi Ka Bejadi Anak Saduai.Dia Saduai Ngena Adat Derian Palit Mata, Reti Iya Saduai Besemaya Enda Bemunsuh Agi, Lalu Bansa Iban Enggau Beketan Pan Badu Bemunsuh.Sebedau Nya Bansa Iban Sigi Bemunsuh Enggau Bansa Beketan.Udah Anak Saduai Ka Jadi Melaki Bini, Dia Tindin Minta Ngagai Entinggi Mai Bala Pindah Ari Skrang Ngagai Manua Paku Besemak Enggau Manua Isan Iya Entinggi.
Bala Iban Skrang Bukai Pan Mayuh Ngacir Pindah Sebelah Manua Saribas. Bala Aki Inik Kitai Tanu Kalia Lalu Berimba Kampung Di Manua Tanu Urung Taun 1540 Kalia.

Kenu Ko Cerita Orang Ka Tuai, Siku Indu Ka Benama Senai Matak Bala Pindah Ari Merakai Panjai Mungkal Manua Tanu. Lebuh Mengap Ngerintai Tuai Dia Bisi Nyebut.Ni Nuan Senai Indu Pandai Datai Ari Merakai Panjai Mungkal Tatai Manua Tanu Ngena Tikai Surik Langit.Lebuh Sida Ka Miring Nasih Manua Dia Sida Engkah Piring Ba Tikai Bebuah Surik Langit. Meda Manua Bedau Bisi Nama, Sida Lalu Ngaga Ka Nama Manua Nya Tanu, Ngangkat Ka Nama Manang Beketan Ka Benama Tanu Ka Dulu Diau Ba Manua Nya Kalia.

Sekeda Nama Tembawai Ka Udah Alai Aki Inik Kami
Tanu Berumah Tauka Bedampa Kenyau Ari Kalia.

1.Tembawai Tiki Katupong
2.Tembawai Kayan
3.Tembawai Tanu Mit
4.Tembawai Lempa
5.Tembawai Temiang
6.Tembawai Duduk
7.Tembawai Bubu Bidik
8.Tembawai Binjai
9.Tembawai Tinting
10.Tembawai Rungan
11.Tembawai Paya
12.Tembawai Lengkap
13.Tembawai Kelampu

Jerita Batang Layar Tusun ke 3

Batang Sungai Layar Tusun 3.

Kulu ka agi datai ba manua orang Batu Lintang Layar dia bisi mega cerita nyadi.Ba pangkalan rumah panjai orang Batu Lintang ka diatu bisi dih batu ka melintang tau di sema ulih alai tubuh 2 iku begelih enti bepansa.Batu nya melintang nyau ka nuntung ari tebing seberai ke tebing seberai.Semina tinggal mimit enda nuntung ke seberai kira ulih perejuk. Kenu ko cerita batu nya tampun Ensenga Bungai Nuing kalia.Batu ka nyengkar nya sigi di tekat iya laban ka deka ngaga tampun Ensenga dia.Ba atas batu nya bisi tumbuh sepun kayu Mumban kira mesai lengan.Kayu Mumban tumbuh dia kenyau ari kalia nyentuk ka diatu..Lebuh ai ka bah besai serta deras enda mih kayu Mumban nya patah tauka tebabak tingkil ari batu nya.Meda batu nya melintang nyengkar dia orang ka tuai manua nya ka dulu mungkal manua dia lalu ngaga ka nama manua nya Batu Lintang.
Ari ulu rumah orang Batu Lintang mega bisi siti tanah Emperan ka di sebut Emperan Rapuh.Emperan Rapuh kena kepit Sungai Batang Layar enggau Sungai Kepayang.Kenu ko cerita orang ka tuai.Emperan nya kalia alai orang nguta siku indu ka benama Nara.Enti enda salah pengingat aku.Nara tu menyadi Patinggi Ngadan.Nara puni Taju Remaong laban iya makai Buah Jambu ka di temu iya ba jalai pendai lebuh iya nurun nyauk.Maya nya sida Nara diau ba manua nya sepengudah sida pindah ari tebing Sungai Lupa ka alai sida mayuh mati sakit ketegal ka kelalu menyati manuk ngena cara nyabung ka salah atur.Tiga hari udah Nara ka makai buah Jambu nya.Dia malam siti iya bemimpi meda siku mensia besai bendar tubuh tang pala baka Jelu Remaong.Nara lalu nusoi mimpi diri ngagai sida sebilik enggau sida serumah.Ninga cerita ka di tusoi Nara ka madah ka diri udah makai buah Jambu.Dia sida lalu nemu Nara puni Taju Remaong.Bala sida serumah lalu nguta Nara.Sida ngaga dinding ari batu ka di tugung.Ari luar tugung batu lalu di dinding ngena batang pisang tujuh serak.Ari dalam lalu di lapis mega ngena Pua Kumbu tujuh lapis .Udah kuta tembu dia Nara lalu di engkah dalam kuta di jaga bala ulun serta bujang berani ka bukai.Kira enda lama udah nya dinga nyawa Remaong negung serta tanah balat berenyang.Remaong nya lalu napat ka kuta ka alai engkah Nara laban deka ngambi Nara.Lebuh datai ba kuta dia sida meda Jelu setengah mensia datai deka mabak kuta.Bala bujang berani ka nyaga Nara lalu ngerejang Remaong nya ngena sangkoh tang sida enda tebunuh ka iya ketegal iya ka kebal.Kapuas ka deka nyengkau Nara dalam kuta,dia jari Nara kena keramak kukut Remaong nya tadi.Siku bujang berani lalu ngerejang Remaong nya ba rusuk ngena batang Bemban Batu ka mesai jengkuan anak mit serta panjai dua depa.Bemban Batu nya sigi udah di kirai dulu..Remaong nya lalu manjong madah ka diri parai.Minta ampun laban enda ingat ka nama bujang berani ka ulih munuh Remaong ka naju Nara.Abi rajai keramak kukut Remaong ba jari Nara lalu enggai gerai nyentuk ka muruk ka ngujuk ka Nara mati ketegal muruk nya ngerampit sebelah tubuh iya.Ari ulu Emperan Rapuh ba manua ka di sebut Lubuk Bedilang bisi mega siti tebiang ka bisi lubang jelu Remaong.Lubang nya ba tebiang ka balat bendar betingkah.Kenu ko cerita orang ka tuai.Remaong ka ngetan taju buah Jambu ka di empa Nara endang datai ari lubang nya.Kenu ko cerita orang,nadai berani orang nengah manua ba tebiang batu lubang Remaong nya.Kulu ka agi bisi mega manua ka di sebut Lubuk Suyut.Ba tebing atas lubuk nya bisi pendam asal kalia ka di sebut Pendam Suyut.Asal pendam nya ngangkat ka nama siku bansa Beketan ka benama Uyut ka mati di sumpit kitai iban benung iya niki buah Pedalai ba manua nya.Uyut tu kalia deka bendar nyumpit munuh kitai iban ka ngelingi manua nya dia.Nadai tentu tan kitai iban di gasak ka Uyut kalia.Nya kabuah kitai iban lalu ngiga akal deka munuh Uyut laban iya enda alah ngapa enti kaki agi ngindik tanah.Laban Uyut ka mati dia.Nya kabuah manua nya lalu di gaga ka nama Suyut.Pendam Suyut tu mih pendam asal kitai Iban ba Batang Layar.Aki inik kami Tanu kalia endang nganjung bala kami serumah ka mati lalu di tumbak ba Pendam Suyut sebedau kami bisi Pendam kediri empu ka di pungkal Benang anak Kanang kira lebih 260 taun ka udah lalu.Lebuh kami serumah numbak ka orang ka mati ba Pendam Suyut,dia maya ka nungkun api sida lalu nungkun api ba manua kami empu ba tebing ari ulu Lubuk Tanu ba manua ka di sebut Emperan Kepayang.Nyentuk ka diatu pan agi mih pinang tumbuh ba manua nya.Pinang nya tumbuh ari leka buah pinang ka beri ngagai sebayan lebuh nungkun api.Aku minta ampun enti cerita aku tu jauh limpang.Nya naka ka ulih di kingat ka aku.Terimakasih.

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Jerita Batang Layar Tusun ke 2

Sungai Btg Layar Tusun Ka 2

Ba Sungai Btg Layar ari ulu Rumah Panjai kami,tauka ba manua rumah panjai orang Nanga Padeh dia bisi sungai siti ka mati ba Btg Layar ka di sebut Sungai Padeh.Sungai Padeh tu mega ngundan mayuh cerita tuai ka cukup manah.Ba julut antara Btg Layar enggau Btg Padeh bisi pendam siku tuai Laot ka benama Serit.Niang Serit tu kalia tau keramat.Iya mayuh penemu nyentuk ka tau terebai ngena tikai Mengkuang.Niang Serit tu kalia nyadi spy Raja Brooke laban iya ka tau keramat.Lebuh maya nya manua kami Tanu ba genturung manua Palai alai bala kitai Iban ari ili manua kami serta bala Laot ka ka udah nunduk ka raja bedampa laban sida mega nyadi ka spy raja.Aki Inik kami Tanu ninggal ka manua kami Tanu laban di bai sida Rekaya Nanang ngelaban raja nguta Bukit Sadok.Lebuh kitai Iban ka nguta Bukit Sadok deka ngalah ka Kubau Lily.Sida mih dulu nemu lalu madah ka bala raja ka nyaga Kubau Lily ka batuai ka Panglima Bakir enggau Malina ka bajuluk Panggau.Nyadi Malina tu anak menyadi Bakir ka benama Mauh.
Ba baruh Julut Padeh nya mega bisi sigi Bedil ka di buai bala Aji Apai Limpa ka deka ngalah ka Kubau Lily.Sida enda nyadi ngalah ka Kubau Lily ketegal bala raja dulu nemu.Nya kbuah sida di titih ka bala raja.Meda perau kelalu sarat enda ulih kayuh ka agi
Sida muai Bedil ba Julut nya ngambi ka perau lempung agi di kayuh ka Ulu Layar ka alai sida bedampa ba mnua tebing kerangan Sg Langit.Kira 50 taun ka udah lalu,dia niang aki aku kala nyelam jala tekait ba ai Julut Padeh.Maya ka nyelam nya baru iya nemu jala diri tekait ba Bedil.Tang pelaba aku,bedil nya diatu udah di tambun tanah tauka buruk laban udah kelalu lama.
Mudik Sg Padeh datai ba manua Orang Pakoh ka diatu ,dia dih bisi mega cerita nyadi kalia.Manua nya nya kalia di wan siku bansa Beketan Tanah ka cukup kering serta berani.Kenu ko cerita tuai.Pemesai belakang Beketan nya 7 jengkal.Beketan nya kenu ko cerita benama Pakoh.Beketan nya diau dalam lubang tanah ba atas tebing manua ka di sebut Wong Garam.Kabuah manua nya di sebut wong garam laban Laot ka mai garam ngagai kitai iban suah karam dia ketegal mati di sumpit Beketan Pakoh.Nadai tan mensia ka ngelingi manua nya kalia di gasak ka Beketan Pakoh.Meda mensia mayuh udah mati di sumpit Pakoh lebuh ka merau mansa Wong Garam.Dia siku tuai Iban mai bala munuh Pakoh ngena cara nepuk lubang ka alai iya diau.Enda salah baka ka nepuk jelu Landak.Minta ampun enda ingat ka nama tuai Iban ka ngulu ka bala nepuk Pakoh.Beketan Pakoh tu kalia bisi nupi burung Tiong ka cukup jinak serta nemu reti jaku.Burung Tiong Pakoh tu ka nyadi spy iya.Enti bala kitai iban tauka Laot mudik tauka undur kili nengah manua nya.Burung Tiong tu dulu madah ka Pakoh ngambi ka iya sedia nganti penatai orang ka merau lalu nyumpit sida.Kenu ko cerita,genteran btg sumpit Pakoh bulih mesai Alu lalu panjai bulih 3 depa.Nembiak ka umur 5 taun engka enda ulih ngesan sumpit Pakoh.Lebuh tuai kitai iban ka ngulu ka bala ka deka munuh Pakoh dia sida datai malam hari benung Pakoh tindok dalam lubang.Burung Tiong iya pan tindok maya nya.Sida lalu ngidup ka api ba mua lubang iya.Nyepi diri nyau ka luput dia Pakoh lalu pansut ka mua lubang.Tang pemansut iya lalu di anti tuai kitai iban .Pakoh lalu di rejang iya ngena sangkoh.Tang mata sangkuh melepi laban Pakoh ka kebal.Meda baka nya bala bukai lalu besaup mantap Pakoh.Tang kulit iya enda masuk mata nyabur enggau mata Ilang.Pakoh ukai nat tang ngelaban ngena sangkuh iya empu.Mayuh mega bala kitai iban mati di rejang Pakoh ngena sangkoh.Meda iya enda ulih bunuh ngena besi.Dia bala kitai iban lalu nebang anak kayu ka mesai betis di kena malu iya.Nyau kapuas Pakoh pan ikak serta enda tentu ulih ngelaban agi ketegal di pesaup ka bala.Nya alai meda Pakoh udah nadai daya ketegal lemi.Dia bala sida lalu nyintak Pakoh ngena rutan.Nama agi iya lalu di tanchang baka ka nanchang jelu.Udah nya baru sida melat ka iya ari tebing ai labuh ka Sungai di baruh Wong Garam.Mati mih Pakoh nengali hari,sulai nengali lemai.Udah pemati Pakoh dia manua dia lalu likun agi nadai tentu regau.Mensia pan nyau enda takut merau nengah manua nya.Lubang ka alai Pakoh diau nya agi bisi nyentuk ka diau.Tang enda tentu dalam agi laban udah di tambun rau serta utai bukai.Meda manua nya lalu nadai nama,dia aki inik orang Pakoh ka diatu lalu ngaga ka manua sida ngangkat ka manua nama Beketan Pakoh.Manua sida lalu di sebut Pakoh.

Sungai Btg Padeh kalia datai Pangka Pasang tang sepengudah Pangka Pasang di pantap Rekaya Nanang dia Antu Pangka Pasang mati lalu enda mangka agi ba Btg Padeh.Ai semina ngelema mudik kulu aja.Rekaya Nanang mantap Pangka Pasang ketegal deka bebalas ka pemati menyadi indu iya ka benama Umpu ka mati lemas di alun ka Pangka Pasang lebuh mandi ba pangkalan rumah sida di Buluh Antu kalia.Maya nya Umpu baru angkat dara.Aku minta ampun enti bisi penyaru ba nama menyadi Rekaya Nanang ka mati lemas.Tauka saru ba senentang sapa ka mati lemas ka bendar.Tang ba pengingat ka di tusoi orang ka tuai ngagai aku,dia sida nyebut ka mati lemas nya benama Umpu.Aku meda ba tusut.Umpu tu anak Rekaya Bayang enggau bini iya Mengan.Reti iya Umpu tu menyadi Rekaya Nanang,Aji Apai Limpa,Luyuh,Kumang Badong,etc.Meda menyadi iya mati lemas ketegal Pangka Pasang dia Rekaya Nanang lalu pedis ati.Iya lalu begaga ka rengka piring.Udah perengka di sedia iya lalu nurun ngena perau undur kili agi ari pangkalan rumah sida.Iya lalu miring dulu.Apin lama udah miring dinga tak bemunyi Pangka Pasang ngalun ari ili.Maya Pangka Pasang nyau semak deka ngalun ka perau iya,dia Nanang lalu engkechit ari perau enggau panjong panjong serta mantap Pangka Pasang ngena nyabur iya.Serta terengkah mata nyabur iya dia tak bemunyi nyawa manjong ingar bendar madah ka diri parai.Udah nya Pangka Pasang lalu ngetu ngalun, ai sungai Btg Padeh lalu mirah mudik kulu.Reti iya mati mih antu Pangka Pasang di pantap Nanang.Kenu ko cerita,7 hari 7 malam ai sungai Btg Padeh bau but ketegal Antu Pangka Pasang udah mati di pantap Rekaya Nanang.Minta ampun enti cerita aku tu bisi salah tauka ngasuh ati kita nyima.Aku semina nusoi ari pengingat aku empu.Terimakasih.

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